...happy days at home...

quality time at home during the wedding season equals long nights and early mornings in front of a glaring 21" lcd screen...so a sunny day morning with daisy, with no editing and no phone calls and no emails and no meetings was pure bliss for this somewhat "part time" mum...first we made a ride with all her babies on the brolly...


then we strolled our largely unkept - but pretty - garden and picked bright flowers...

and then when these eyes looked at me and asked "please mumma, can i draw with chalk on the pavement"...refusal was totally impossible...

...so while the sun was shining this somewhat "part time" housekeeper decided to hang out washing (now, what do you use to keep them on the line?) and sweep the patio (oh my goodness...whoever knew that our verandah was coloured red!...) daisy and puss were very busy creating extraordinary works of art...

with one or two moments of anguish when puss rolled over to a sunnier spot and "ruined" my picture...

i truly believe puss looks remarkably improved with green swirls though...

by this stage, as you might be able to tell, this "part time" housekeeper failed dismally (again) in her domestic chores as she reaches instead for her faithful loving brand new 5d and we strike a pose...

then one stick of each colour quickly turned into one hundred sticks of each colour (mumma is behind the camera - she will never see me tip the boxes out) ...

and this turned to amazement at how the chalk dust covers hands...

and feet...and we were occupied for at least a divine hour of ignoring chore time...

then...one small step accidently made the most exciting sound "like leaves mumma-just cracklier" and the "part time" mum had to intervene...

which bought a prompt end to the happy sunny morning with chalk as only a sulky, reprimanded, 3 year old can bring closure...

puss was delighted...